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Topic: Hurricanes

Photo showing People line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Merida, Mexico on April 17, 2023.

U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to the Caribbean

April 9, 2024

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hurricane season

hurricane hunters

media teleconference

Photo showing People line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Merida, Mexico on April 17, 2023.

This colorful photo shows reporters filming Hurricane Specialist Richard Pasch making a hurricane conference call with the National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge Office during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. On the right, a man sits on one of a bank of phones with his back to us. Reporters with cameras and microphones crowd around the table.

Hurricane hotline phones: A direct line to 20th-century weather forecasting

May 1, 2024

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Heritage stories

This colorful photo shows reporters filming Hurricane Specialist Richard Pasch making a hurricane conference call with the National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge Office during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. On the right, a man sits on one of a bank of phones with his back to us. Reporters with cameras and microphones crowd around the table.

The first all-female science crew on a Hurricane Hunter flight to observe Hurricane Lane in 2018, including (left to right) Lisa Bucci, Kelly Ryan, Kathryn Sellwood, and Heather Holbach.

Meet 7 #WomenOfNOAA advancing hurricane research and forecasting

March 7, 2024

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Women's HIstory Month

The first all-female science crew on a Hurricane Hunter flight to observe Hurricane Lane in 2018, including (left to right) Lisa Bucci, Kelly Ryan, Kathryn Sellwood, and Heather Holbach.

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

All in a year’s work: ‘Zooming’ into hurricanes, a new underwater vehicle and a fish mystery solved

March 26, 2024

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marine heat waves

Billion-Dollar Disasters

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

August 31, 2023: A fallen tree obstructs a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida, after the storm made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November 30.

November wrapped up 6th-warmest autumn on record for U.S.

December 8, 2023

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monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

August 31, 2023: A fallen tree obstructs a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida, after the storm made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November 30.

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured Hurricane Idalia approaching the western coast of Florida while Hurricane Franklin churned in the Atlantic Ocean at 5:01 p.m. EDT on August 29, 2023.

2023 Atlantic hurricane season ranks 4th for most-named storms in a year

November 28, 2023

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hurricane season

tropical cyclones

tropical storms

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured Hurricane Idalia approaching the western coast of Florida while Hurricane Franklin churned in the Atlantic Ocean at 5:01 p.m. EDT on August 29, 2023.

This Sept. 16, 2023, aerial image shows flooding in the area around Machiasport, Maine, after Hurricane Lee passed through.

Aerial images from #Lee damage assessment now available online

September 18, 2023

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This Sept. 16, 2023, aerial image shows flooding in the area around Machiasport, Maine, after Hurricane Lee passed through.

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#Lee: The latest storm forecasts, maps, imagery and more

September 13, 2023

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tropical cyclones

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The Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft system demonstration model appears with Hurricane Hunter NOAA WP-3D Orion, known as “Miss Piggy,” at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, during an uncrewed aircraft system flight test on May 25, 2022.

NOAA flies straight into the Guinness World Records book

September 12, 2023

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research drones

uncrewed systems

The Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft system demonstration model appears with Hurricane Hunter NOAA WP-3D Orion, known as “Miss Piggy,” at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, during an uncrewed aircraft system flight test on May 25, 2022.

An aerial image from a NOAA National Geodetic Survey overflight of the destruction of homes and property in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, taken August 31, 2023.

Aerial images of #Idalia damage now available online for viewing

August 31, 2023

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Marine & Aviation

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Atlantic hurricane season

An aerial image from a NOAA National Geodetic Survey overflight of the destruction of homes and property in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, taken August 31, 2023.

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